Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-10

its fourth volume, thoroughly established
and popular magazine for Sunday and gen.
eral reading. The publishers Cassell &
Co., New York-have brought into its pages
greatly diversified class of choice litere-
ture designed to meet the reading tastes of
the many, and something suited to the leis-
ure hours of all, and in this a great measure
of success has been achieved.
Oliver Optic" has given to the youth of
the land life of General Grant, under the
title, Our Standard Bearer" 1t is very
complete record of the career of that re-
MAJ kable man and great General, and is
profusely illustrated. 1t is from the press
of Lee 81 Shepard, Boston, and is for sale
by Samuel Carson & Co., San Francisco,
at 81 80. 1t is thick octave, in muslin,
and with Illuminated covers.
From John B. Alden, New York, we
have small quarto, entitled "Todd's
Standard Manual" by Rev. John Todd,
q new edition, in small plea type, un-
abridged; paper covers 10 cents, post paid !;
cloth, % cents, postage cents) OF this
manual it is said over 100000 copies in
English have been sold, besides many
more in the numerous translations through
which it has passed.
Archibald Campbell's novel, Captain
Macdonalds Daughter" is from the press
OF Harper Il Brothers, New York, and is
Tor sale by the Bancroft Company, San
francisco. 1t is story with its scenes in
Scotland, England and America, and is of
love and trial and devotion and heroism-
well told tale with some admirable char
acter sketches.
The Boy That Was Hazed, is one OF J.
I. Trowbridge's charming books for boys.
1t is needless to more than refer to Trow-
bridges great success as writer for youth.
This handsome volume, a fit present for
the holiday season, is from the press of Lee
~ Shepard, Boston, and is for sale by Sam
uei Carson d Co., San Francisco, at 81 %.
From John B. Alden, New York, we have
Sylvan Secrets, by Maurice Thompson
Ideal edition, fine cloth, ornamented, at 60
cents. Maurice Thompson as a student of
nature has few rivals who better reveal the
secrets of the woods. His "Byways
and Bird Notes will be emembered as a
notably successful book OF this order.
The volume by Henry Wood, entitled
Natural Love in the Business World, y
heretofore noticed in these columns has, in
answer to 9 general demand, been issued
in cheap form by Lee IL Shepard, New
York, and is sold for 80 cents. 1t may be
procured from the publishers or from
Samuel Carson & Co., San Francisco.
Estes & Laruiat, Boston, have issued
another of those delighting books to girls,
entitled Three Vassar Girls at Home" II
Is an account of holiday trip of three
college girls through the South and West,
by Lizzie W. Champney. The volume is a
| quarto, protusely illustrated, and sells at
81 so.
The Popular Science Monthly for De-
cember d. Appleton & Co., n. ", is a
number of superior excellence. The arti-
| cles are too numerous to be catalogued
here. They are ali of high value. There
is not one indeed that will not command
| the attention of the thoughtful.
OF the Harper's Handy Weekly series,
| we have at hand Part II. of Goethe's Faust,
translated from the German by John Auster,
LID. 1t contains an introduction by
| Henry Morley, and is printed in clear type,
! making it pleasant to the reader, and a
desirable volume